Apartment with disappearing bed



Patented Jan. 30, 1923.

UNEF@ S HENRY B. `LITTLnriELn or CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO.

APARTMENT WITH DISAPPEARING BED.,

Application aieanprn 3,

To all whom t may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, HENRY B. Lri"rLn FIELD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ot Cleveland Heights, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apartments with Disappearing Beds, ot which the t'ollowing is a specification, the principle ot the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contornplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

The present invention relates to house and bed construction whereby two beds may be stored one above the other, so that 'one ot trie beds may be brought out into a room other than in which it is stored. The construction ot the doors and walls and ci: the beds is of particular interest as well as the means t'or closing the necessary wall and floor openings. The present type of bed arrangement is particularly adaptable to small apartments where there is but a single bedroom adjacent a living room or the like where a second bed may be advantageously used but where it is undesirable to store the same. To the accomplishment o the tore- ;joing and related ends, said invention, then, consists ot' the means hereinafter `fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The annexed drawing and the 'following description set forth in detail certain mechanism embodying the invention7 such disclosed means constituting, however, but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention vmay be used.

ln said annexed drawing Fig. y1 is a sectional view through two rooms showing the arrangement of the beds and tracks; Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the bed and floor when the bed is in position in the second room, taken on the line 2 2 or" Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 ot Fig. 1; Fig. 4t is a perspective view ot the wall, Hoor and beds with parts in section; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the loor and wall arrangements with the beds removed.

As best illustrated in Fig. 1, the presentarrangement makes use of two rooms with a. wall 1, the floor 2 of the normal bedroom or sleeping porch being raised above the level ot' the floor 3 of the room where an extra bed is desirable for use but in which the bed will not be stored. In the room or 1922. Serial No. 549,908.

porch where the beds will be kept, the floor is cut away to form a storage space et which is provided with tiackways 5 at each side. Around the edge ot the sunken floor portion is placed an angle iron 6 or other raised stripand the yusual bed 7 is mounted on legs 8 provided with casters or the like, the legs being spaced so that the casters will pass by the flanges thus preventing the bed trom accidentally dropping down into the storage space.

In the wall between the two rooms an opening 10 is provided which may of course be closed by any desirable type ot sliding panels, doors or the like, and there are trackways 11 in the'second room which are continuations of the trackways in the bedroom. A second bed 12 is provided which is suiiiciently narrower than the bed 7 so that it will pass between the legs or" the same, and the head 13 and foot 14 of the bed are low so that the bed 12 may slide under the iirst bed 7.

These trackways 5 and 11 are continuous and the trackways 11 gradually rise to the floor level. :it about the center point ot each trackway 11 there is mounted a hinged track strip 15 which may be lifted after the bed is moved past the same and locked with its free end 16 in position with the Hoor level by means of a. sliding bolt 17 set in the floor, so that the bed may be rol-led back up these inclined strips to the floor level. To close the' trackways for the normal use of the room, the trackways 'are provided at the top with a wider portion form- Aing a horizontal shoulder 18 around the trackway which is ot' a depth to receive a closure strip or board 19 painted or nished to match the remainder of the door.

In returning the bed 12 to its daytime position it is rolled down the strip 15 and the strip is then released by withdrawing the bolt, after which the bed may be moved along the trackways through the wall opening to its position under the bed 7. y

By the present arrangement, any desired type ot mattress may be used as it is not clamped or secured to the bed in any way and the storage space needed is only that ot a single bed, except for the trackways and open space under thebed No unsightly large door or wall space is used and the opening in the wall does not need to exceed about 18 inches in height. 1Where the bedroom is large the bed 7 may be moved away from the extra bed l2 during the daytime so that both beds may be aired. H' desired, both bed may be used in the sleeping room, the upper bed being moved away to allow the lower' one to be used.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead or the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed, provided the means stated by any of the following claims or t-he equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention 1. In building construction tor apartments with disappearing beds, the combination with two adjacent rooms separated by a wall having an opening at the bottom, a recess in the licor ot one room having traclrways adjacent the sides of the recess, and traclrways formed in the floor of the adjacent room and being continuous with such rst mentioned traclrways.

2. lin building construction for apartments with disappearing beds, the combination With two adjacent rooms separated bv `a wall having an opening at the bottom.r

one of said rooms having a floor level higher than the other, a recess in the floor ot said room of higher level, such recess being adjacent such wall opening, trackways in the floor at the sides ot' such Hoor recess, other -trackways in the second room floor communicating with such iirst mentioned trackways and inclining up to Hoor level ifor a portion of their extent.

3. In building construction for apartments with disappearing beds, the combination with two adjacent rooms separated by a wall having an opening at the bottom, one of said rooms having a. floor level higher than the other, a recess in the floor of said room of higher level, such recess being adj acent such wall opening, traclrways in the floor at the sides ot' such floor recess, other trackways in the second room floor communicating with such first mentioned trackways and inclining up to floor level for a.

portion of their extent and removable means for normally closing such second trackways.

4. In building construction for apartments with disappearing beds, the combination with two adjacent rooms separated by a wall having an opening at the bottom, one of said rooms having a iioor level higher than the other, a recess in the fioor of said room of higher level, such recess being adjacent such wall opening, traclrways in the floor at the sides ot such 'floor recess, other traclrways in the second room iioor com@ municating with such first mentioned trackways and inclining up to floor level i'or a portion ot their extent, and strips pivotally mounted in such second traclrways and extending toward said wall, said strips being adapted to be raised and locked in position to form inclined guide-ways up which the bed may be rolled to bring it completely to floor level.

5. In building construction for apartments with disappearing beds, the combination with two adjacent rooms separated by a wall having an opening at the bottom, one of said rooms having a iioor level higher than the other, a recess in the floor ot said room or' higher level, such recess being adj acent such Wall opening, trackways in the tloor at the sides oi such floor recess, other traclzways in the second room licor communicating with such lirst mentioned trackways and inclining up to floor level for a portion of their extent, and strips pivotally mounted in such second trackways and extending toward said wall, said strips being adapted to be raised and locked in position to form inclined guide-ways up which the bed may be rolled to bring it completely to floor level, and locking bolts mounted in the iioor ot' said room ot' lower Aleveland adapted to be moved under said pivcted strips to maintain the same in their raised position.

Signed by me, this 31st day ot March,

HENRY B. Lrrrmrrnnn. 

